Aysha
screening format
DCP
aspect ratio
2.35:1 (CinemaScope)
sound format
Dolby Surround
original-language
Arabic, Kurdish
subtitles
English, German
Ten-year-old AYSHA, a small rebellious girl wearing a full-body veil, and her eleven-year-old sister are put to a religious test in a backyard in Rojava in Syria by a covered woman. However, the strongheaded Aysha is struggling with identity and secrets, and takes a stand.
director
Cengiz Akaygün
Production
Cengiz Akaygün, Ania Berger
Script
Cengiz Akaygün
Editing
Ana R. Fernandes
DOP
Kevin Hartfiel
Cast
Jiyan Akaygün, Halima Ilter, Ecem Türkmen
Original Score
Conrad Oleak
Sound Design
Thomas Rother
Szenenbild / Production Design
Gertrud Esslinger
Festivals
2021
Internationale Hofer Filmtage, Germany
(Publikums-Kurzfilmpreis der Stadt Hof)
2021
Duhok International Film Festival, Iraq
2021
Show Me Shorts Film Festival, Auckland, New Zealand
2022
Festival de Cine Global de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
(Shortfilm Winner)
2022
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Osaka, Tokyo, Japan
2022
WorldFest - Houston International Film Festival, USA
2022
USA Film Festival, Dallas
2022
Filmfestival Türkei Deutschland, Nürnberg, Germany
2022
Heartland Film Festival, Indianapolis, USA
2022
Wendland Shorts Kurzfilmfestival, Lüchow, Germany
2022
TiSFF – Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival, Greece
2022
Festival Internacional de Filmets, Badalona, Spain
2022
LA Shorts International Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA
Production
- Free Monkey Film
- Cengiz Akaygün
- +49 152 08878545
- http://www.freemonkey.art
Distribution
- interfilm Berlin Management GmbH
- Sophie Röder
- Straßburger Str. 55
- 10405 Berlin
- Germany
- +49 30 25942903
- http://www.interfilm.de
Sales
- interfilm Berlin Management GmbH
- Cord Dueppe
- Straßburger Str. 55
- 10405 Berlin
- Germany
- +49 30 25942903
- http://www.interfilm.de
Cengiz Akaygün
Cengiz Akaygün lives in Stuttgart and has worked as a director and screenwriter since 2012. So far he has made five short films that have received multiple awards worldwide. In 2020 he was nominated twice for the Human Rights Film Award in Germany.
Filmography
2014 Free Monkeys
2016/2019 Der Barbier
2018 Der Mandarinenbaum
2021 Tesbih - Die Gebetskette
